1965
A change of scenery for me, as I write these notes, to the sunshine and warm weather of San Diego as a first stop on my way up the West Coast. Far from the crisp autumn of New England, but both are beautiful in their own ways.
Much has happened since last month: a successful mini-reunion at Pierce's Lodge; Dartmouth Night celebrations in Boston (President McLaughlin's first "club" talk, complete with Glee Club and bonfire) and Hanover; a solid, if unexpected, football win over Harvard; and a meeting with that other undefeated Ivy team, Yale, which stumbled but kept on rolling.
Our third annual mini-reunion saw classmates and families gather for a fine fall weekend with camaraderie and good cheer in a rustic setting! Attendees included: my wife Sharon and myself, Gary and Stephanie Bucher, Larryand Merry Duffy, Jack and Sue Heidbrink,Punch and Debbie Lochridge, Ken and Linnie McGruther, and a total of nine children. Kent and Martha Salisbury, in Hanover for the Campaign for Dartmouth meeting, joined us for dinner. Note on your calendar now that next year's dates are October 1-3, 1982. Come join the fun.
Our brief business meeting accomplished its two main items: the election of Jock Hosmer as president to replace resigning Germany-bound Punch Lochridge and preliminary discussion of potential class projects. A double round of snaps to Punch for his inspirational leadership the key to a super class year. Thanks and good luck in your new assignment. At the same time, a warm welcome to Jock and best wishes as he takes over. The class is in good, experienced hands. Jock, who lives in Marblehead, Mass., with his wife Ann, is a senior loan officer with the North Shore Bank and has been active in Dartmouth and class activities in the past. Discussion of class projects produced a consensus that we should have one, and a decision to ask for suggestions. How can we indelibly stamp our '65 numerals on the College in a meaningful way? Send your ideas to me at the address at the top of this column. Send some news, too!
At Dartmouth Night in Boston, President McLaughlin noted highlights of his first few months and addressed Dartmouth's current health. Comments on applicants, the class of '85, and the Alumni Fund were similar to those in last month's column. He noted investment performance (stocks/bonds) is at 17.3 per cent and the campaign is at $157 million, or 85 per cent of its goal. He also said Change magazine has recently reported on a new study of excellence in undergraduate institutions which includes Dartmouth in the top four in almost every academic discipline! There are tough times ahead for educational institutions, though, and Dartmouth will be trying to tighten controls over the cost of education and to improve the quality of undergraduate life. Above all else, our president will be doing his best to keep the College a preeminent institution at a time when others are showing signs of weakness.
The president's remarks were preceded by optimistic comments re: Harvard by Joe Yukica and the football co-captains, and a delightful Series of songs by the Dartmouth Glee Club (men and women in a return to Zeller-like sound under the new director, Louis G. Burkot Jr.). The dinner program closed with slides of the bonfire to the strains of "Dartmouth Undying." Maybe the Hanover weekend-like spirit' helped, since Harvard felt our wrath the next! day! A number of classmates enjoyed Dartmouth Night, the Harvard results, and post-game celebrations, among them: Mike Orr, Gary Duschatko, Ted Atkinson, Jack Heidbrink, Rick and Linda Mahoney, Jack Herney, Jim Scott, Jack Mac Donald, Larry and Merry Duffy, Jock and Ann Hosmer, and Ken and Linnie McGruther.
Now for on-going, news-worthy notes: Michael Divak writes from Ballston Spa, N.Y., that he is a sales representative for Metropolitan Life.
Gil Podolsky in Salt Lake City, Utah, was married to Nano Byrnes in May of 1972 and has three children and "no surviving pets." An internist, he is interested in running, skiing, camping, and family things. He hasn't been back to Hanover for several years and is curious about Vic Mair, Andy and Charlie Strauss, and A1 Martin.
Doug Miller has been named vice president of sales by Vienna, Va.-based TDX Systems Inc., a telephone-network-management concern. Doug previously was general manager for the Baltimore-Washington region for L. M. Ericsson, and has also held positions with Southern Pacific Communications and NCR Corporation. Following graduation from Dartmouth, Doug received a master's degree from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1967. Doug and his wife Heidi live in McConnellsburg, Pa.
According to the Wellesley, Mass., Townsman in July, Russ Newhall has been appointed assistant to the president of Country Programmers International Inc., a software development firm in White River Junction. Most recently he was practice management specialist for the Department of Community Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School.
Jim Fosso is in Seattle, where he owns and operates a recording studio, runs the small Oblivion Record Company, and does record production, music publishing, and occasional songwriting. He is married (second time, summer of 1979) to Sara Black they are very happy and healthy no kids yet.
An informative letter from Tom Campbell reports that he has been elected to chair the antitrust law committee, the largest substantive law committee, of the Chicago Bar Association. This reflects the fact that he has been specializing in the antitrust trial area over the past few years. With an administration in power that wants to shrink the scope of the antitrust laws, one wonders whether, he is being signed up to steer the Titanic! As a partner of the Gardner, Carton & Douglas law firm, Tom is principally involved in trying business-related lawsuits. Sara (Knox College '64), who works with a competing firm on the administrative side, and Tom live on the near north side of the city in close proximity to the lake, jogging trails, squash courts, etc. At the time he wrote (August), it looked like his summer project, refurbishing an old mahogany speedboat for jaunts on a lake in northern Michigan, would not get completed this year.
That's all for now. Keep the faith!
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